Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1900 — Blate Pencil Industry. [ARTICLE]

Blate Pencil Industry.

Pencils from slate dust molded by hydraulic pressure are now made In large quantities. They are much more popular than the solid-cut pencils. One factory last year made 25,000,000 molded pencils.